English literature essays

‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This poem tells the story of the Battle of Balaclava where a group of six hundred lightly equipped British soldiers who charged into The Valley of Death during the Crimean War while they were extremely outnumbered by Russian forces on all sides … Read more

The book I have chosen to review for Dr. xx’s global journalism class is From the Battlefront to the Bridal Suite. I will divide this essay into 4 parts: I will discuss what this book is about, how the book relates to our class, what I learned from reading it, and whether or not I … Read more

‘The Name of the Wind’ is a fantasy novel by Patrick Rothfuss, the first book in a series called The kingkiller Chronicle. It was published in 2007 by DAW Books after being rejected by several other publishers. The Name of the Wind begins to tell the story of Kvothe, a world-renowned figure with a disreputable … Read more

Many things contribute to the growing up and development of children. In the same way, these things can, and they do affect what a person becomes when she/he is an adult. Everything, ranging from family heritage to relatives and friends influence the growth and development of children. Kahlil Gibran’s poem on children provides an overwhelming … Read more

Introduction Malcom Gladwell in his book ‘The Tipping point” delves into the dynamics of social epidemics. Even though it was written in the year 2000, it reveals pertinent issues which are crucial in propagating the spread of ideas and messages among populations. Gladwell (2000) reveals the three rules of epidemics. These laws include: the law … Read more

The story begins with a boy named Miles Halter. Also known as “Pudge”. He is a new student at the Culver Creek school in Alabama and loves memorizing the last words of famous people. Miles was very nervous about making new friends, as he wasn’t very popular at his old school. But soon, he meets … Read more

The play ” Trifles,” by Susan Glaspel, tells the story of two investigations into the murder of a man named John Wright. The official investigation is done by the men, while the women in the play do their own investigation. Women’s worries are often considered to be simple trifles, unimportant things that bear little or … Read more

‘The Crystal Goblet’ is a well-known essay written by Beatrice Warde, regarding typography and its role in the world. According to her, good typography should be ‘transparent’ or ‘invisible’ (Warde 2009: 42). In the contemporary world, it might be difficult to define these terms, as they are rather ambiguous and misleading due to the fact … Read more

INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND BOOK: This book is written by JOHN PERKINS, who born in a middle class family during the 1945.The book named ‘Confession of Economic Hit Man’ is written by john and it was published in 2004. The book is all about his childhood to the time he become economist (EHMs). ABOUT … Read more

Chapter 1. Alice is at a riverbank with her elder sister that is reading a book, Alice, who is bored sees a white rabbit with a waistcoat and a pocket watch running by, she decides to follow it down a rabbit hole, after a while of falling and sputtering nonsense, she lands on some leaves … Read more

The poem Disabled by Wilfred Owen scrutinises the consequences of war on those who experience it by contrasting the current life of an impaired soldier after war to what he was capable of doing before the war. Owen creates a striking view of the soldier’s life by the depressing description of the soldier in the … Read more

I have had a miserable vacation at the Dursleys. These are my only remaining family members after the dead of my parents when I still was a child. Luckily for Me. Fred, George and Ron came get me with a flying car. The next day we arrived at the train station to go to Hogwarts, … Read more

The summery of the book Tuesdays with Morrie It is a sad and true story. It is talking about an old professor who loves his life and having fun all the time. One day he was diagnosed with ALS disease. The Media started to broadcast it on TV. Once they did one of his favorite … Read more

My grandad put me on his shoulders and spun me around; I stroked his beard, and felt his prickly hairs. It made me chuckle. We waited ages and ages until we were allowed in, excitement ran through my body. The enormous rusty metal gates swung open and there in the entrance stood a tall man … Read more

In this poem, Sylvia Plath shows her tender love for her infant. She longs to satisfy her child’s need for beauty and fun in this life. Plath then shows her own depressive mood at the end of the poem. Silvia Plath wrote this poem in four three line stanzas. There is no regular rhyming pattern … Read more

My Dream – a story by Lloyd Hamilton I did not sleep well on Sunday night but rather tossed and turned fitfully, my dreams hanging over me, black as storm clouds. It really was my own fault. I should not have invited him to come and go as he desired. My dream began just like one … Read more

The short story ‘Pool’ is about a couple – Darla and Jon. One night during their intercourse the condom split unexpectedly. The next day, the couple is desperately searching for the morning-after pill and with success finds it in a Rite Aid pharmacy shop. The relationship between Darla and Jon are portrayed as complicated and … Read more

The fabled story of Marcus Garvey, the charismatic and tireless black leader who had an miraculous rise and fall in the late 1910s and early ’20s, makes for an fascinating read. Garvey has found an engaging biographer in Colin Grant. Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica in 1887, he grew up with strong admiration for … Read more

The Scarlet letter is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthrone has written many good and important novels and short stories throughout his lifetime. In The Scarlet Letter we see the woman with her child be exhibited by the people because she has a child with another man. In The scarlet letter bears … Read more

Struggled through storms, and other disasters, North America dissolved, and the country of Panem rose up in its place. The area where the story first takes place is called the Seam, and it’s part of District 12. Katniss, who is sixteen, lives there with her family. An event gone by the ‘Hunger Games,’ takes place … Read more

Summary: The short story is about an Indian boy named Ramesh. Ramesh and his grandmother is on an air-plane, travelling to Surrey to stay with Ramesh sister and her family. On the plane, Ramesh and his grandmother talks’ about him wanting to quit being a doctor, and instead go into the mobile phone business, his … Read more

Friday, September 15, 1910 I’m shattered today. It was another complicated day at the works. I wish I could get a pay rise it’s the only thing keeping me going. Don’t get me started about Birling he is an ignorant, obstinate and an old fool. Tomorrow’s the day he’s going to consider the offer. I’ve … Read more

The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is told by Nick Carraway, who was Gatsby’s neighbour. He tells the story sometime after 1922, when the incidents that fill the book take place. The book is about a man, Jay Gatsby, who has orders his life around one thing: to be reunited … Read more

Both Choman Hardi’s At the Border and John Agard’s Flag share some resemblance and differences, however, they both carry the theme of ‘patriotism’ to some degree. John’s Flag revolves around the cloth symbolising a whole nation. Agard’s ‘Flag’ revolves around the cloth that symbolises a whole nation. John keeps referring to the endless power the … Read more

A writer and scholar, Roy Scranton, in his opinion essay, ‘Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene,’ published on the New York Times, emphasizes the term ‘Anthropocene’ is geologic era where human have an immense influence over the biosphere. Scranton’s purpose is not only alluding to threat of climate change but offers a glimpse at … Read more

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